alamb commented on code in PR #5619:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/5619#discussion_r1591039099
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arrow-data/src/byte_view.rs:
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@@ -15,10 +15,453 @@
// specific language governing permissions and limitations
// under the License.
-use arrow_buffer::Buffer;
+use arrow_buffer::{Buffer, ToByteSlice};
use arrow_schema::ArrowError;
+use std::fmt::Formatter;
+use std::ops::Range;
-#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Default)]
+/// A `View` is a `u128` value that represents a single value in a
+/// [`GenericByteViewArray`].
+///
+/// Depending on the array type, the value may be a utf8 string or simply
bytes.
+/// The layout of the u128 is different depending on the length of the bytes
+/// stored at that location:
+///
+/// # 12 or fewer bytes [`InlineView`]
+///
+/// Values with 12 or fewer bytes are stored directly inlined in the `u128`.
See
+/// [`InlineView`] for field access.
+///
+/// ```text
+///
┌───────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────┐
+/// │ data │
length │
+/// Strings, len <= 12 │ (padded with \0) │
(u32) │
+/// (InlineView) │ │
│
+///
└───────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────┘
+/// 127 31
0 bit
+///
offset
+/// ```
+///
+/// # More than 12 bytes [`OffsetView`]
+///
+/// Values with more than 12 bytes store the first 4 bytes inline, an offset
and
+/// buffer index that reference the actual data (including the first 4 bytes)
in
+/// an externally managed buffer. See [`OffsetView`] for field access.
+///
+/// ```text
+///
┌──────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┐
+/// │buffer offset │ buffer index│ data prefix │
length │
+/// Strings, len > 12 │ (u32) │ (u32) │ (4 bytes) │
(u32) │
+/// (OffsetView) │ │ │ │
│
+///
└──────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────┘
+/// 127 95 63 31
0 bit
+///
offset
+/// ```
+///
+/// See Also:
+/// * [`OwnedView`]: An owned variant of [`View`], used for constructing views
+///
+/// [`GenericByteViewArray`]:
https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/array/struct.GenericByteViewArray.html
+///
+/// # Notes
+/// Equality is based on the bitwise value of the view, not the data it
logically points to
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum View<'a> {
Review Comment:
Good idea, will add it
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